Come and celebrate our one year anniversary at meraki 002: hygge, a place to enjoy the good things in life // great music, good people // dance, mingle, and share your love with the full support of other beautiful souls around you // as always -- come with open hearts and open minds // participate and become part of something greater than yourself

from the first night in the back storage room of a mexican restaurant we have created something larger than life, it is with great thanks to all of you that we have made it here today // the inspiration, the soul, the life that is this community is because of you // with so many exciting unknowns ahead of us we imagine it can only be more exhilarating

come dance with us and celebrate how far we have come, and how far we have to go

~specifics~

when: 23:00 - 08:00 // friday february 19

where: brooklyn location // to be announced week ofdress code: come as you are, come as you wish, come as you dream to be

A FEW OF US CAME DOWN WITH A STOMACH VIRUS. OUR APOLOGIES, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. -THE FAT TUESDAY MANAGEMENT TEAM

The Naughty Raccoon, Mr. Risi, Mr. Bloom, Mr. Norville and Wasabi Papichulo invite you all to join them in an all day Fat Tuesday celebration thru New York City.

Yes, we are encouranging you to take the day off or call in sick.

Let's reflect on all the fun and silly things that make us naughty, because come midnight Lent starts.

We will begin our day at Al and Melissa's place with a proper Fat Tuesday celebration toast (ISH Bloody Mary's) along with some pre-recorded Mardi Gras selections from our Preservation Hall Jazz Band family.

From there, we will embark on a pseudo 'Second Line' thru out the city. Let's plan a proper New Orleans themed lunch followed by the usual debauchary a proper Fat Tuesday celebration can bring including The Naughty Raccoon's piercing ceremony before midnight.

Please join us at the beginning, middle, the end... or at all in between.

---Deep Woods (3Bridge Records): Since the 1990's Greg Cuoco aka Deep Woods has been cultivating his sound from New York City's many environments. Residing in Brooklyn where a vast series of urban landscapes bring forth many different feelings and emotions has allowed Deep Woods to incorporate these elements into his music. Native to NYC, he has combined the experience of NYC in the 1990′s and today into sonic soundscapes that evoke emotion on the dance floor. Influenced by the soul, funk & disco of the 70′s and the house music of the 90′s, Deep Woods has unleashed a signature sound DJing in clubs since 1990 both in NYC and abroad. Always evolving, the sound of a Deep Woods production has changed over the years transporting you to a deep, rhythmic, mysterious forest the resides within your mind and your soul. https://soundcloud.com/deep-woods

Eric Shans (3Bridge Records): A Brooklyn-based DJ/Producer and the creative director of 3Bridge Records, Eric Shans has been making music for almost 15 years. He has always been influenced by melodic, dreamy, sounds which have a smoldering surface of grit and dirt underneath, and his productions reflect this. With 3 Phenotract albums under his belt, and many other tracks produced under his own name, he strives to make music that pushes the envelope both with sound design and creativity. His DJing style is also an embodiment of this- paradoxically combining the dreamy and the dirty with the light and the dark; creating a soundtrack to move your feet, but also your heart. https://soundcloud.com/eric-shans

LGR (3Bridge Records): New to the New York scene, LGR- aka Luis Ascencio- no stranger to filling dance floors. Based in Brooklyn, NY- LGR was born and raised in Mexico. There, he spent many nights in the legendary Guadalajara nightclub- Bar Americas- learning from a pool of great artists in the underground scene. LGR has shared the decks with names like Luis Flores, Alex Di Stefano, Norbert Davenport and Gabriel Sordo. In the booth, he combines his uniquely textured, darker-leaning productions with his energetic personality- creating influential techno and minimal soundscapes perfect in both warehouse and intimate spaces. https://soundcloud.com/l-g-r

Joe Foxton (Fiction NYC): Joe Foxton is on a never ending quest to find those special, avant garde tracks that test the boundaries of what dance music can be. He is an after-hours and back room specialist. You won't find him rocking big velvet rope dancefloors or seeking the dj-rockstar spotlight. His real passion lies in coaxing jaded dance music veterans to lose themselves to hypnotic grooves and unique instrumentation. Foxton has played alongside the likes of Vincenzo, Pezzner, The Drifter, Patrick Chardronnet, Sammy Dee, and is now one of the most in-demand DJs in the NYC underground. In late 2014, Foxton founded Fiction, a series of concept events in intimate venues around NYC, with his partner in crime Steve Graham. Fiction is an attempt to merge the most gourmet dance music the world has to offer with theatrical production in comfortable, “adults only” environments. Since the late 90s, Foxton has amassed a vast and varied collection of unusual techno and house, and has played under various monikers (Jaux Pas, Module, Magnus) from his home town of Sydney, to Tel Aviv, to Burning Man and various underground festivals, to his adopted home of Brooklyn. https://soundcloud.com/jauxpas

I want to send a friendly reminder about the Toronto HSV get together that I’m hosting Saturday February 6th from 5-8pm. I will be chefing up some sort feast accompanied by music, smiles and lots of positive energy!!

I will be distributing the pendants to those of you who purchased one plus would like to get your feedback on your plan for BM 2016.

Kindly bring 4-5 pics of your last year BM journeyso I can send them to Wasabi for our website. If you cannot attend, please email them to me so i can forward them to him.

Feel bring to invite anyone you think would like some yummy food and a good time!! Just let me know so I can make sure there is enough food.

I look forward to seeing everyone and catching up on whats going on in your lives :)